OJR, Brumfield run to easy win over Bears

BUCKTOWN - He's had bigger games, statistically, but Ryan Brumfield rates all of those performances behind what he did Friday night.

The Owen J. Roberts senior star made Boyertown's defenders look like pylons as he ran around, over and past them for 285 yards and six touchdowns in a 55-14 bashing of the previously unbeaten Bears.

On the other side of the ball, Brumfield added a key first-half interception of Dylan Pasik, the first pick thrown by Pasik this fall.

"This is definitely No. 1," said Brumfield, who has a state-best 2,301 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns. "You only get one Senior Night. This is definitely my most memorable (performance)."

It's the fourth straight year that Brumfield and OJR have proven to be a brick wall for Boyertown. Brumfield now has 906 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns in four career games against the Bears.

"He had a phenomenal game, the best I've seen him run," Boyertown coach Mark Scisly said. "Thankfully, we won't have to play him next year."

The Bears (6-1, 8-1), who were off to their best start in program history, drop into a first-place tie with the Wildcats (6-1, 7-2) with two games remaining. Boyertown hosts Methacton this Friday, then travels to Upper Perkiomen on Thanksgiving Day.

The Bears could have clinched at least a tie for the league title Friday. They started well, driving to the Wildcats' 36 before Tom Froehlich (71 yards, 13 carries) was stuffed on fourth-and-2 by Colton Flannery and Sam Funk.

OJR took over and drove 65 yards in 13 plays, with Brumfield stretching across the goal line from 5 yards out to give his team the early lead. Boyertown answered with a quick five-play, 64-yard drive capped by a 4-yard Jared Von Dohren touchdown run.

The Wildcats then kept the Bears' balanced attack in check until late in the third quarter. Pasik was picked by Brumfield and Dylan Frierson on Boyertown's next two drives, the start of five straight possessions without a score for the Bears.

Boyertown finished with just 232 yards of offense. Pasik was 8-of-15 for 81 yards and three interceptions.

Meanwhile, OJR came back with a 12-play, 65-yard drive, with Brumfield pushing his way in from 3 yards to make it 14-7 with 4:45 to go in the first half. Brumfield then turned it up after the break.

"We were wearing them down," he said, "and we finally just started hitting our holes."

With his line dominating up front, Brumfield exploded for 185 yards and four touchdowns in the second half. He essentially sealed it on OJR's first possession after the break when he started left, reversed field, then raced right for a 58-yard run to the end zone.

Down 34-7, Boyertown began using Pasik's feet on their final possession of the third quarter, which led to a 61-yard drive and a 3-yard touchdown run by the senior quarterback.

Brumfield picked up his sixth and final touchdown on the ensuing drive, however, and OJR added a Nate Blevins 57-yard fumble return and a Frierson 15-yard cutback run to complete the rout.

"Good teams can respond to adversity," Scisly said. "We have to respond next week. We have an improving Methacton team. We have to get by that."